Giulia Tomai’s Illustrations Use Pencils Real Well

Giu­lia Tomai is an Ital­ian illus­tra­tor who knows how to wield the mighty pen­cil. Her draw­ings, which often depict young women, use soft lines and the flat­tened edge of a graphite or col­ored pen­cil. She doesn’t seem overly con­cerned with real­is­tic ren­der­ing and plays with dis­tor­tion and pat­tern. I espe­cially like it when she com­bines col­ored pen­cil and graphite, and it reminds me of famed illus­tra­tor Isabelle Arse­nault. The graphite is acts as a way to build form, while the col­ored pen­cil accents it.

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